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Was Benjai Wrong?

Benjai apologized for calling out Indian performances at UTT's Emancipation Day program — this commentary argues he shouldn't have had to.

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Translation a Cultural Ting! An Exercise in Pan-Afrikan Translation

The Afrikan base of the Jamaican language, as with Caribbean languages in general, has been studied extensively.

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“You Know De Snake A Go Eat What Ina De Frog Belly”

Published on Academia Letters (2021) · Article 4471 Haile Gerima’s Sankofa (1993) is remembered for its portrayal of Afrikan resistance to enslavement — the spirituality, the rebellion, the refusal. What is easier to miss…

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